mountainyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻni/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊntəni/,

/ˈmaʊntn̩i/, Irish English

/ˈmaʊntəni/

Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and -y suffix¹; also 1600s mountany.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mountain n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier mountainous adj.

Now chiefly Irish English.

1. Belonging to, situated in, characteristic of, or inhabiting a mountainous region.

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1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure ix. 47 Ye mountayny soiles of Cornwale [L. montana Coriniae].

1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (1887) 65 Crossed an immense mountainy bog.

1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 158 He rented a small mountainy farm.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 386 The mountainy people brought down but little [butter].

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 43 I was passing below, and I seen your mountainy sheep eating cabbages in Jimmy's field.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 30 In Great Britain, as a mountainy species belonging to the Scottish range-type, the Globe Flower has never been constantly under the human eye.

1977 Irish Democrat Mar. 8/5 Mountainy people are the finest people you could get.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 25/2 A French Renaissance chateau in the woods, the very pleasant mountainy woods, of Asheville, N.C.

2. Having mountains or hills, mountainous.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by

mountuousa1382

fellish1570

mountainy1591

mountainous1598

mountainly1603

alpestrious1615

montanous1623

montanic1799

mountained1820

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxiii. lxviii. 273 Further they vow never to ride again,..Wither the way were mountainie or plain.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 379 To be conueied to Zalga, a strong mountainy place.

1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan i. i. 16 The Massachusetts..is a very beautifull Land not mountany, nor inclininge to mountany.

1744 A. Dobbs Acct. Countries adjoining Hudson's Bay 140 In Lat. 44° 30′ it was mountainy, and full of Silver Mines.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 329 (note) It is..more wild and mountainy than the highlands of Scotland.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 70 Mountainy land.

1944 G. Grigson Wild Flowers in Brit. 28 In Ireland, I have seen it covering the floor of a withy bed in a dark, mountainy part of Donegal.

1975 J. Aiken Voices in Empty House iii. 103 The jagged silhouette of the mountainy horizon.

1996 P. Reading Coll. Poems 15 Anguished Paramour likens Mountainy crags and a crow to the flint heart of his Frau.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountainy
释义	mountainyadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻni/, U.S. /ˈmaʊntəni/, /ˈmaʊntn̩i/, Irish English /ˈmaʊntəni/ Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and -y suffix¹; also 1600s mountany. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mountain n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier mountainous adj. Now chiefly Irish English. 1. Belonging to, situated in, characteristic of, or inhabiting a mountainous region. ΚΠ 1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure ix. 47 Ye mountayny soiles of Cornwale [L. montana Coriniae]. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (1887) 65 Crossed an immense mountainy bog. 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 158 He rented a small mountainy farm. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 386 The mountainy people brought down but little [butter]. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 43 I was passing below, and I seen your mountainy sheep eating cabbages in Jimmy's field. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 30 In Great Britain, as a mountainy species belonging to the Scottish range-type, the Globe Flower has never been constantly under the human eye. 1977 Irish Democrat Mar. 8/5 Mountainy people are the finest people you could get. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 25/2 A French Renaissance chateau in the woods, the very pleasant mountainy woods, of Asheville, N.C. 2. Having mountains or hills, mountainous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by mountuousa1382 fellish1570 mountainy1591 mountainous1598 mountainly1603 alpestrious1615 montanous1623 montanic1799 mountained1820 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxiii. lxviii. 273 Further they vow never to ride again,..Wither the way were mountainie or plain. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 379 To be conueied to Zalga, a strong mountainy place. 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan i. i. 16 The Massachusetts..is a very beautifull Land not mountany, nor inclininge to mountany. 1744 A. Dobbs Acct. Countries adjoining Hudson's Bay 140 In Lat. 44° 30′ it was mountainy, and full of Silver Mines. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 329 (note) It is..more wild and mountainy than the highlands of Scotland. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 70 Mountainy land. 1944 G. Grigson Wild Flowers in Brit. 28 In Ireland, I have seen it covering the floor of a withy bed in a dark, mountainy part of Donegal. 1975 J. Aiken Voices in Empty House iii. 103 The jagged silhouette of the mountainy horizon. 1996 P. Reading Coll. Poems 15 Anguished Paramour likens Mountainy crags and a crow to the flint heart of his Frau. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1582
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